The Board of Supervisors (BoS) for Arizona’s Pinal County has given the go-ahead to developer and IPP esVolta to construct 3.2GWh BESS within its unincorporated territory, and two utilities are in talks to procure some of its capacity.

In a surprising move, the North American development arm of Engie has asked the California Energy Commission (CEC) to pause the review of its Compass Energy Storage project destined for Orange County, in order to assess alternative development sites. 

Investor-owned utility (IOU) Portland General Electric (PGE) has become the latest US entity to reveal the impact of changes to import tariffs and tax credits recently implemented by the Federal Government. 

The board of trustees for New York Power Authority (NYPA) last week gave the greenlight for the public power organisation to develop an additional 1.2GW of storage as part of its renewed Strategic Plan for New Renewable Energy Generation. 

California Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) Clean Power Alliance (CPA) last week (8 December 2025) moved one step closer to executing agreements for offtake with two companies developing innovative thermal battery storage projects. 

Clearway Energy Group has negotiated tolling agreements with SDG&E for one of its solar and storage complexes in Kern County, California.

Supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona, have approved a 100MW/400MWh battery storage project from National Renewable Solutions (NRS).

A subsidiary of utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has struck a deal with Amazon to construct 3GW of new dispatchable capacity, with the aim of serving the tech company’s planned data center expansion.

The Municipality of Shuniah in Ontario, Canada, voted against supporting a 400MW/3.2GWh long-duration energy storage project proposed by PowerBank.

The Township Board of Oshtemo in Michigan has voted in favour of enacting a one-year moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities.